Office Assistants

The Internet of Things (IoT), quite literally, means connecting everything and anything to the internet. But how can this connectivity help small businesses? This is precisely what Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants have been discussing.

The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a campaign to help customers know the rules on unfair terms and conditions and to help businesses keep within the law when it comes to unfair terms.

A new taskforce has been set up to act as the lobbying voice for small to medium sized businesses in the UK.

From 1st November, it became a legal obligation for the UK's nine major banks to refer any small to medium businesses who they have refused for finance to an alternative provider.

It is a requirement for company directors to maximise creditor returns during insolvency, and therefore by selling or transferring assets at an undervalue they could be considered to be carrying out wrongful or fraudulent trading.

Local businesses have been warned of a fake bailiff scam. Police have been warning businesses that conmen are contacting companies requesting payment for non-existent debt.

Do you find yourself constantly tied up in the red tape of admin? Struggling with financial tasks such as tax calculations and payroll, when all you really want to do is work on the products and services you offer? If so, you're not alone.

Employers currently have a duty to protect workers from harassment and victimisation that is based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, race or age. Now there is a suggestion that accents should be added to that list.

Following the Brexit referendum there is some disquiet and anxiety in the working world of the UK. Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants have been looking into what employers should be doing to alleviate the melodrama amongst staff.

A recent judgement in the Court of Appeal could have serious implications for any business that has employees on commission schemes. Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants discuss.